Safety-razor.



C. GRABHORN.

SAFETY RAZOR. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 5, 1908,

Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

A TTOHNE Ys W/ TNESSE S Uri CHARLES GRABHORN, OF HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY.

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, SAFETY-Razon.'

Speccation of Letters Patent.,

Patented April e, 1909.

Application led September 5, 1908. Serial No. 451,770.

To all whom it may concern: f Be it known that l, CHARLES GRABHORN, a citizen of the .United States, and a resident of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Safety-Razor, of which the following 1s a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention 1s to provide a new and improved pocket'safety razor, ar-v ranged for quickly folding the parts into an exceedingly small space when the razor is not in use, and when folded the safety razor the members partly extended; Fig. 3 is al can be conveniently and safely carried in a vest or other pocket, and when extended is readyvfor use for its legitimate purposes.

` The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter andthen pointedvout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is representedin the accompanying drawings forminga part of this speclfication, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l 1s a side elevation of the improvement, showing the parts in a folded position;v

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing front elevation of the same extended and the handle shown in section; Fig. 4 is an enlarged side elevation of the improvement, showing the parts in position Immediately before swinging the frame and razor blade into nal position; Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the same' and showing the frame and razor blade swung into active position and reviouls to beingy locked therein; Fig. 6 is a ike view of the same, showing the frame locked in the extended position, parts of the frame being broken out; Fig. 7 is a cross section of the same on the line 7-'7 of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the improvement; and Fig.

9 is a like view of the same showing the means for closing lthe frame at one end.

The handle of the pocket safety razor is made in two sections A and B, of which the section A is theframe-carrying section and the section B isfthe removable one and is adapted to be iitted onto either end of the section A, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The frame-carrying section A is rovided at one end with a centrally-arrange reduced portion or a stein- C, having a threaded ortion @Gand terminating in a lug C2, on w -ch a' lug D depending from the under side of the frame D and connected with the lug C2, by a pivot pin E, to permit of swinging the frame D either into a right angle position (see Fig. 3) relative to the handle, or into a parallel position relative to the stem C, as in-A dicated in Fig. 2. The frame D is ada ted to carry the removable razor blade F, w ich is preferably of a thin piece of steel and has its cutting edge in close proximity to the guard D2 formed on the rfront endv of the frame D. The back of the plate Fis reinforcedby a doubled-up bar F adapted` to engage apocket D3 formed on the rear end of the frame D. f On the threaded portion C of the stem C screws a nut G adapted to pass over the lugs C2, D, 'to thus inclose the pivotal connection between the frame D and the stem C, at the time the frame D is in a right angle position, thus holding the frame locked in this right angle position, as will be readily understood by reference to Fi s. 3, 6 and 7. When the nut G is screwed own into the position shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 5, then the nut isout 'of engagement with the lugs C2, D', and consequently the frame D can be swung into a parallel position relatively to the stem C. The lug D is preferably at or near the middle of the frame D, and the stem C is of such a length that when the frame D is swung into parallel position, as

shown in Figs. 2 and 4, then the lower end of the frame D is adjusted to the corresponding end of the handle section A,'and the frame' D is of such width that when in the folded or parallel position it lies within the segmental plane extending through the peripheral face Aof the handle section A. Thus when the frame D is in a folded position, the handle section B may be placed over the folded frame and onto the corresponding end o f the section A, to inclose the same as indicated in Fig. l.v One end D4 Voi the pocket D3 is closed while the other end is open to permit of conveniently inserting or removing the reinforcing bar F in and from the said `pocket D3, lit being understood that the razor blade F lies on top of the frame D and extends through the open slot in the front of the pocket D3, as plainly indicated in Figs. 7 and 9. The frame D and the razor blade .F are made extremely narrow, and by arranging the bar F and the )ocket D3 in the manner described, the bla e F is securely held in. pasiton on the frame D, and @Wing lso I on the underside of the frame D (see Fig. 5)..`

A small handle II2 on the back of the slide I-I permits the operator to take hold of the slide, with a`view 4to move the same into -anopenor a closed position, for the insertion or removal of the razor blade F and for locking the same securely in place on the frame.

The handle section A 1s referably in the form of a receptacle for holding extra razor blades, and for this purpose the end of the section A opposite the one carrying the stem C is reduced, and on the reduced end is removably fitted a cap A, as indicated in Fig. 3. Thus when the cap A is removed access is had to the interior of the section A, for placing razor blades in the section or removing the same therefrom.

The pocket safety'razor shown and described is very simple and durable in construction, is composed of comparatively few parts, not liable easily to get out of order, and which can be readily and conveniently folded into a small space for conveniently storing and carrying the safety razor in a vest or other pocket.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

` 1. A safety razor, comprising'ahandle having a stem projecting from one end there-1 of and provided with an integral threaded portion, the said stem extending beyond the threaded portion and terminating in a lug,l a frame provided with a depending lug pivoted on the lug ofthe said stem, a nut screwing on the said threaded ortion of the stem and adapted to inclose t eI pivoted connection between the said frame and the said stem to lock the frame in a right angle position on. the handle', a razor blade having a ,sliding engagement with the frame, and

means for securing the razor blade in position.

2. A safety lra'zor, comprising a frame havingL an integral guard at the front and an integral pocket at the rear end, the pocket being o en along the front edge, one end of the poc et being closed and the other end being open for the insertion and removal of the razor blade, movable means on the frame for closing theo en end of the said pocket, and a razor blade having a reinforced back adapted to Apass into the said pocket, the razorblade extending through the said opening at the front of the pocket and lying flat on the top of the frame.

3. A safety razor, comprising a frame having an integral vguard at the front and' an integral pocket at the rear end, the pocket being open along the front'edge, one end of the pocket being open for the insertion and removal of the razor blade, a slideon the said frame for closing the open end of the` said pocket, and a razor blade having `a reinforced back adapted to pass into the said pocket, the said opening at the front of the pocket and lying fiat on the top of the frame.

4. A safety razor, comprising a frame having a guard at the front and a pocket at the rear, the pocket being open along the front thereof, one end of the pocket being closed and the other end being open for the insertion and removal of the razor blade, a slide`having guided movement on the under side of the frame, adjacent to the open' end of the pocket, the said slide being provided with a member extending at the end of the frame, and adapted to close the`openend of said pocket.

5. A safety razor, comprising a handle and a frame carried by the handle and having a guard at the front and an integral pocket at the rear of the frame, the pocket being open along its front edge and one end of the pocket being open for the insertion and removal of the razor blade, a razor blade having aback adapted to fit in said pocket, the razor blade extending through the open front of the pocketV and lying iiat on the top of the frame,

the razor blade extending through a guideway on the underside of the frame, and

,and a handle at one end of the slide for moving the same.

6. A safety razor, comprising a handle having a stem projecting from one end thereof and provided with an integral threaded portion, the stem extending beyond thethreaded'portion and terminating in a lug, a frame having a dependinglug pivotally connected with the lug of the stem, and a nut having its lower portion internally threaded for engagement with the threaded portion of the stem, the upper portion of the nut being of greater internal diameter than the threaded portion and adapted to pass over the said lugs to inclose the pivotal connection between the frame and the stem.

7. In a safety razor, a frame having a longitudinal pocket formed at its rear, the pocket open' at its front at the top of the frame, the poc et being open at one end and closed at the other end, a razor blade having a back lying flat on the top of the ame, a guideway on the underside ofthe frame adjacent to the open end of the pocket, and a slide having a iso 917,589 Y v a body member provided with a slot engaged name to this specoation in the presence of by said gudeway and Y arranged to move two subscribing Witnesses. v transverse] ofthe frame, the said slide havmg a mem er extendmg at right angles to CHARLES GRABHORN" l5 the body member and adapted to close the Witnesses: l open end of said pocket. ALEXANDRA GRABHORN,

In testimony whereof I have signed my ANTONETT GRABHORN. 

